Triple
T998185
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Fairfield, Alabama |
E21541
|
entity |
| Predicate | inMetropolitanRegion |
P294
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Greater Birmingham, Alabama |
E2492
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 steps)
Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.
NER
Named-entity recognition
gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: Greater Birmingham, Alabama | Statement: [Fairfield, Alabama, inMetropolitanRegion, Greater Birmingham, Alabama]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Greater Birmingham, Alabama Context triple: [Fairfield, Alabama, inMetropolitanRegion, Greater Birmingham, Alabama]
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A.
Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Birmingham, Alabama, United States is a major industrial and cultural city in the American South, historically known for its steel production and pivotal role in the Civil Rights Movement.
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B.
Birmingham–Hoover metropolitan area
chosen
The Birmingham–Hoover metropolitan area is a major urban and economic region in central Alabama centered on the cities of Birmingham and Hoover and their surrounding communities.
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C.
Trussville, Alabama
Trussville, Alabama is a growing suburban city in Jefferson and St. Clair counties known for its family-friendly neighborhoods, schools, and proximity to Birmingham.
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D.
Birmingham
Birmingham is a major industrial and cultural city in the southern United States, known historically for its steel production and pivotal role in the Civil Rights Movement.
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E.
Birmingham
Birmingham is a major industrial city in England’s West Midlands, historically significant for its manufacturing heritage and heavy bombing during the Second World War.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: inMetropolitanRegion Context triple: [Fairfield, Alabama, inMetropolitanRegion, Greater Birmingham, Alabama]
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A.
partOfMetropolitanArea
chosen
Indicates that one place is included within and belongs to the larger metropolitan area of another place.
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B.
isMetropolitanCoreOf
Indicates that one area functions as the central, most urbanized core within a larger metropolitan region or system.
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C.
capitalCityOfRegion
Indicates that a city serves as the official capital of a specified region, functioning as its primary administrative or governmental center.
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D.
macroArea
Indicates a broad geographic or regional grouping within which an entity (such as a language or location) is situated.
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E.
locatedNearMetropolitanArea
Indicates that one entity is situated in close geographic proximity to a metropolitan (urban) area.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (4 batches)
The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.
| Step | Stage | Batch ID | Status | When |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| creating | Elicitation | batch_69a493c476b48190b41fc5e793171cc6 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4b4e2ad9c81908a0f488d3f261fc3 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:51 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69acbad55a4c8190977e8e5d313c56df |
completed | March 7, 2026, 11:55 p.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69a4b2b057c48190b9e42df9246b3757 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:42 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:41 p.m.